Conor McGregor is headed to court docket in Eire after a decide there set a trial date over damages filed towards the UFC famous person by a lady claiming he assaulted her.
On Thursday, Justice Alexander Owens set a trial date of Nov. 5 within the private damage case towards McGregor, which was truly filed all the way in which again in 2021. Particulars in regards to the trial have been first reported by the Irish Mirror.
A girl, who allegedly is aware of McGregor, filed the grievance with the courts and she or he’s searching for an unspecified quantity in damages. A jury will ultimately rule on the trial as soon as proceedings kick off in November.
The listening to for the case was initially supposed to begin in both June or July, however McGregor’s legal professional’s requested for a delay resulting from his beforehand scheduled bout towards Michael Chandler at UFC 303 in June. McGregor’s legal professional argued that logistically it wasn’t possible for the trial to begin with McGregor getting ready to struggle, and it was additionally doable that the previous two-division UFC champion may endure accidents within the bout.
Regardless of the plaintiff’s legal professional’s arguing towards the delay, the decide granted the movement, though McGregor by no means ended up combating after he suffered a damaged toe in coaching.
Whereas the decide granted the delay on the time, a trial date is now set for November.
The small print behind the alleged assault from 2018 haven’t been made public resulting from privateness legal guidelines in Eire, however the lady concerned within the case additionally sued one in every of McGregor’s associates as nicely.
